So you want to breed your own rodents?

[@GP_Frog]

You got my thumb 👍🏻 for the Big balls comment 😂

[@natakudragon8771]

You would be able to speed up your cleaning process significantly if you stopped using hemostats and just selected for non-biting rats to hold back as your breeders. Then you can just stick your arm in and grab em by hand without worrying about a bite. Its also significantly less painful for the rats - that's why they're screaming. Take it from someone running 100+ tubs of rats for feeders, you don't have time for trying to grab every rat with a hemostat. Its not selecting for pet quality, its selecting for proper feeder quality. A feeder rat shouldn't bite. A calm rat is a better producing rat and keeps your process fast and efficient. Stressed and in pain rats are much more likely to fail to breed, neglect or kill their own babies, which only hurts production for feeders. Don't do that to you or your buyers, drop the hemostats, pick em up by hand, keep the non-biters and feed off the rest.

[@conman20000]

Not to mention if you're feeding live you don't want to breed rats that are more prone to bite the snake, they can really do damage.

[@petagecko3116]

@@conman20000i have friends that lost some big snakes due to infection from a rat bite

[@deucefireman]

@@natakudragon8771 Success all the "wild" rodents are gone and all are social thanks for the tip

[@davidlee50]

I noticed that if you feed Tetra-Min to mice or rats when they are hoppers they transform into bright and intelligent pets. I even add it to my chicks with great results. It's the high protein kind at 40ish% percent.

[@aliendesignedserpents]

This fish food?

[@dnaslitherscritters3244]

Bro using tongs like he never held a rat

[@deucefireman]

Oh no doubt i have, but i dont like being snipped at. And if i get bit by a rat it going to longer be a breeder it will be dinner thanks for your comment i watch yourstuff means something you watched mine. I appreciate you

[@deucefireman]

No shit because of you my guy i started breeding my own watching you and the gentleman from Washington state glad to see you 100

[@tamiecamurray3142]

Very good information

[@plethoraofrats3852]

Would never get any sleep, keeping a rat rack in my bedroom. Lol

[@banditreptilesofficial]

I can deal with my snakes, geckos, isopods and feeders but rats make way too much noise.

[@llomax1067]

New subscriber......hate that you got me wanting a pet rat now... And Mann n you kountry kountry 😂😂😂 good stuff brother

[@deucefireman]

Yeah I work with him.

[@meghansherman6880]

Dude!!! Wtf with using hemostats to grab them!!!! 🤬 And you close the rack on it's tail. These animals in your care may be feeders, but for cryin out loud give them a smidge of consideration. They are smart affectionate animals they should have at least a humane life as feeders. And no, I'm not a vegan or some delusional person thinking snakes should starve. I know a few people may think that. Ah no. Please just give them a little gentler handling. You can breed for temperament to keep yourself safe grabbing them. And throw in a toy other then shredded paper. 🤦🏼‍♀️ I wish you the best. 👍🏻

[@deucefireman]

Your opinion is valued but they are as untamed and wild as it gets. If I cared enough about temperament I would breed for it. But we'rebreeding for quantity of rodents. The biters and chewers are first to go but other then that they are what they are food. Nothing else not even considered a pet just a sustainable food source.

[@hylaarborea1090]

@@deucefireman I also have rats that bite but i hold them by the base of the tail, it doesnt hurt them and they dont SCREAM IN PAIN like yours

[@Voodoo_reptiles_australia]

Do you think there might be a better way to handle the rats?

[@commercialelectrician133]

Great video

[@BatmansMom-xg8pe]

Grabbing the poor rats with the hemostats is wrong. I have a pair of bite proof gloves that I use in my garden. Maybe you could order a pair? How can you do that when you are obviously hurting the animals? My children had pet rats for years and the rats were smarter than our German shepherds.

[@josem.lopezjr.2605]

Thanks all important information ℹ️ 🐁

[@slimmsuave7369]

New sub..luv 2 see my peeps in this game

[@chanhuang614]

A great video!! You can grab them with your hand by their tail close to their body (not the end of their tail.) You won't have to use the surgical needle nose pliers, brother. Grabbing with the pliers is painful for them. If they are not used to your hand, you can use that pliers with your other hand to make sure their mouth is not close to your hand holding their tail. It will speed up your cleaning process as well.

[@754welive5]

Trust me it’s not hurting them

[@deucefireman]

Thanks for the tips appreciated

[@USBCablez]

That’s why the rats was squeaking really loud and trying to bite the needle tweezers??? But it’s not hurting them. Lmao I been breeding rats for 10 plus years and never needed a tweezer or device to handle the rodent: and for the pine comment! You have no idea what your talking about. Cedar is toxic to the rat not pine.

[@aliendesignedserpents]

Thanks for the video man. I still do the concrete tubs for mine. People don’t realize how expensive it really is. I want to get back into breeding ARF’s. Would be nice if you were closer to Cincinnati. Shoot me a follow if you want.

[@deucefireman]

We got away with concrete tubs for 2 YEARS. used the extra change from our spares to save up for the ARS rack. And no they don't understand the problem with cost of maintenance expense. And absolutely 💯 will drop a follow appreciate you and your words 🙏

[@aliendesignedserpents]

@@deucefireman in Cincinnati we have a place called Cincinnati Lab Supply, I get my rat food from them. It 26 dollars after tax for a 40 or 50 pound bag of Mazuri.

[@brandon7169]

Where did you get the rack from?

[@sethmarkley9356]

America Rodent Supply. Aka ARS racks

[@vicbklyn3668]

Great job! Where are located? Salisbury, nc? What's stall refresher? Is that from tractor supply?

[@jccrav]

You dont know how to pick up a rat with your hands!? They dont do harm, if you take good care of them. They are smart!!! ...Thats key

[@amyloya1859]

That’s bs pick up by your hands they are not puppies if you can’t handle them don’t breed em

[@conman20000]

Is there a reason you put the stall refresher on the pellets opposed to at the bottom of the tub?

[@deucefireman]

The pellets absorb the urine and swelling to sawdust helps keep the ammonia in

[@siyandacetywayo5628]

💓Woow you motivate me guy I want to start this as my project I want to no more

[@JB5Exotics]

would u remove newly born babies as well?

[@deucefireman]

I only remove newborns if it were a colony of mice. Rodents tend to live a more colony style lifestyle. Long as no new males introduced to the colony the babies tend to grow quite well with both parents. Doesnt allow the female for time off of reproduction. But we swap out older females with newer ones from another Colony tub

[@JB5Exotics]

@deucefireman hey thanks for the quick response. I dint word my question good . When cleaning let's say mice do u still clean out when pinkies r in there or leave them alone.

[@deucefireman]

@@JB5Exotics thats would be a personal preference. But to answer that question i do clean them out still weekly babies or no babies.

[@nothingmanofgod.6288]

Cool rodents awsome😆😅😂

[@shannonfyffe1267]

I will not be watching your videos because it is sad to see that you take the time and grab those rats out what the tongues and cause them stress and pain instead of just simple grabbing them out by your hands, Adult rats do not carry other adult rats by their scruff so it is completely unnatural for you to be doing that to them and it is uncomfortable for that as well.

[@banovak611]

Good video. Only thing is, Pine is NOT toxic. Cedar is..

[@deucefireman]

From what I've read non kilen Dried still gives off the oils so theoretically we are slowly making them toxic for the animals check it out

[@Z06ChevyVette]

Why do these characters always say…”it’s Cho-Boyyy??!!”👎🏽

[@deucefireman]

@@Z06ChevyVette does it bother you or something there Devildog? Cause i didnt know it was an issue. Stay motivated killer, Yut!

[@USBCablez]

What’s stall refresher